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Taxonomy
Family:
CAPULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Capuloidea (Superfamily)
> Capulidae (Family)
> Trichosirius (Genus)
> inornatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trichosirius (Trichosirius) inornatus (Hutton, 1873) accepted, alternate representation
=Trichosirius inornatus chathamensis Finlay, 1928
=Trichotropis clathrata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874
=Trichotropis inornata Hutton, 1873
Images: Trichosirius inornatus (Hutton, 1873)
Alive under stones below low tide. Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
Alive under stones, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Trichosirius inornatus chathamensis Finlay, collected Waitangi, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70772). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Alive under a rock, Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 10mm. © rights reserved
Alive under a rock, Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 10mm. © rights reserved
Collected Falcon Shoal, Wellington Harbour, NZ (M.002449). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CAPULIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Capuloidea (Superfamily)
> Capulidae (Family)
> Trichosirius (Genus)
> inornatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trichosirius (Trichosirius) inornatus (Hutton, 1873) accepted, alternate representation
=Trichosirius inornatus chathamensis Finlay, 1928
=Trichotropis clathrata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874
=Trichotropis inornata Hutton, 1873
Details: Trichosirius inornatus (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 22mm, Width 14mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-201m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.147)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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